Autumn Sonata

Autumn Sonata (Swedish: Höstsonaten) is a 1978 drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman, and starring Ingrid Bergman (in her final film role), Liv Ullmann and Lena Nyman. Its plot follows a celebrated classical pianist and her neglected daughter who meet for the first time in years, and chronicles their painful discussions of how they have hurt each other. It was the first and only collaboration by Ingrid Bergman and Ingmar Bergman (who were not related).

Autumn Sonata
Swedish theatrical poster
Directed byIngmar Bergman
Written byIngmar Bergman
Starring
CinematographySven Nykvist
Edited bySylvia Ingmarsdotter
Music byFrédéric Chopin
Production
company
Distributed byConstantin Film
Release date
  • 8 October 1978 (1978-10-08) (Sweden)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageSwedish
Box office$2 million

Autumn Sonata was the last of Ingmar Bergman's films to be made for theatrical exhibition; all of his films made after it, even those screened in theatres, were television productions.

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